***
When I woke, the sun was peering into the hut. Kai was snoring next to me, and Brax was outside, his feet crunching as he paced in the snow.
I looked over at Derik, and he was smiling at me. His hand went to my face before he slowly kissed my lips.
“Are you feeling better?” I asked quietly, and he nodded.
“Much.”
“Thank you. For what you did.”
“It was for all of us.”
“I’m still grateful,” I said, kissing him again, showing him just how grateful by deepening the kiss, my fingers running down his abs, his thighs, to the bulge between them.
I cupped him and rubbed as his breaths panted against the kiss. Until he pulled back.
“I can’t afford to be distracted, beautiful.”
“You don’t trust Brax to keep an eye on things for a bit?” I teased.
“I resent that,” Brax called f
